Tuesday this week we had a successful day photographing Silly Monkey Boutique’s clothing line on some very precious children. We started at 9 and ended at 6 and somewhere around 4 a little boy named Jack waited patiently while we finished up photographing a little model. You see, we have known Jack and his mom for some time now but when Jack popped into the studio last week to say hello he was sooooo shy. He clung to his mom’s leg and was a little timid towards the new studio. So in between last week and this week Jill talked to Jack all about getting his picture taken, and this along with picking some flowers from their backyard to give to JEM helped him so much when it got time to get in front of the studio lights. Jill mentioned that Jack is also being taught how to be a gentleman and we agree that you can never go wrong with giving hand picked flowers.
Here Jack is giving one, solitary hand picked flower to Jen. The thought behind it is so beautiful and innocent and Jen’s reaction has ‘thank you Jack’ written all over her face. After giving Jen her flower he headed over to me and handed me a matching Black-eyed Susan that I wore in my hair for the rest of the day. Thank you Jill and Jack!
I have the best of intentions when it comes to creating things. For instance, I tell my husband that there is no need to buy wall hangings for the living room because I have the best of intentions of painting a huge canvas that is going to hang above our television center. Or how I have about 20 or so wood square pieces of every variety-oak, cherry, walnut and zebra just waiting in the back of my closet to be made into a mosaic on the other wall. And then there is my bucket of fabric, tool, ribbon and buttons just screaming at me every time I glimpse their way saying, “DO SOMETHING WITH ME!” It just makes me think to myself, one day I will have time to put forth these ideas but until that day comes I am so THANKFUL for those people who are really good at manifesting their creativity and sharing it with the rest of us! So this post is dedicated to the awesome woman who made these delicate, o-so tiny hair flowers for our tiniest JEM’s. I photographed her daughters a few weeks ago and just raved about the hair flower that she made. Then an unexpected delivery arrived just a short week later! Three beautiful flower headbands! Just the fact that you put forth the effort to do that made my day Steph! Thank YOU!!
We are so excited for our new JEM Photography building and have gotten so many requests for an update. Wanted to post some pics of our progress in getting our building done. Thank you to everyone who helped us with our renovations and everyone else who helped us get here along the way. We are so loved! Thank you family, friends, husbands and clients for everything!
P.S. Disclaimer - Some of these photos were taken by our dear loved ones and while we do share our expertise with them their cameras may not live up to ours therefore please do not judge these photos on quality or crispness as you normally would in our posts. 
JEM says a special THANK YOU to Jill Lewis for all your help and work on our JEM sign. We love it!
We have a great opportunity to partner with a local childrens’ boutique, Silly Monkey Boutique, in hosting a mini session day event! We have never done anything like this before but know that it will be a big success!! Currently the store sells their personalized merchandise on their Etsy site: www.sillymonkeyboutique.etsy.com and will be launching their website soon after our mini session day. We love supporting local businesses and this business so happens to be run by a mother-daughter team doing what they love. So if you have ever thought about checking us out, now would be a great time!
